T Bolt
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American Volunteer Group (Flying Tigers) 3rd Squadron (Hells Angels) White 68 Flown by Chuck Older, Rangoon Burma, 1941
User Name: T Bolt
Name: Glenn
Category: Advanced
Kit: Academy (ex Hobbycraft) Curtiss P-40C
Scale: 1/48th
Accessories: True Details resin wheels, Sky Models decals
I wanted to do a Flying Tigers 3rd squadron bird and with the Sky decal sheet I had a number of choices. It came down to R.T. Smith's 77 or Chuck Older's 68, but in the end I chose Older's mount because there is a plethora of photos of it out there, many of them color.
Charles H. Older was the third highest scoring AVG ace with 10.25 victories (Later increased to 18 when he returned to china later in the war with the 23rd FG) One very interesting fact I found out while researching was that after the war, having completed law school and becoming a lawyer, he was appointed as a Judge by then Governor of California Ronald Reagan, and was the judge that tried the Charles Manson mass murder case, sentencing Manson and his followers to death. This unfortunately didn't happen due to the California death penalty being overturned.
Here's a few pictures. That's actually R.T. Smith leaning on the wing in the third picture but it was too nice of a shot of #68 to pass up.
User Name: T Bolt
Name: Glenn
Category: Advanced
Kit: Academy (ex Hobbycraft) Curtiss P-40C
Scale: 1/48th
Accessories: True Details resin wheels, Sky Models decals
I wanted to do a Flying Tigers 3rd squadron bird and with the Sky decal sheet I had a number of choices. It came down to R.T. Smith's 77 or Chuck Older's 68, but in the end I chose Older's mount because there is a plethora of photos of it out there, many of them color.
Charles H. Older was the third highest scoring AVG ace with 10.25 victories (Later increased to 18 when he returned to china later in the war with the 23rd FG) One very interesting fact I found out while researching was that after the war, having completed law school and becoming a lawyer, he was appointed as a Judge by then Governor of California Ronald Reagan, and was the judge that tried the Charles Manson mass murder case, sentencing Manson and his followers to death. This unfortunately didn't happen due to the California death penalty being overturned.
Here's a few pictures. That's actually R.T. Smith leaning on the wing in the third picture but it was too nice of a shot of #68 to pass up.
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